Sea day!So we have left Fiji and are now heading back toward New Caledonia and the port of noumea. Today has been a restful sea day.... pool, trivia (which we came joint first in again) and drinks at crooners.Our trivia partners, Chris and Dianne, have been great quizzers and we will miss them once we leave the ship.This evening we watched Star Wars movie under the stars on the top deck. Awesome film...Also.... our room steward, Jose, has been having great fun w...

Dravuni islandLate blog entry today for yesterdays stop at Dravuni island. The island is less than a mile across and only around two miles long.  There are no roads, no vehicles and only 100 or so inhabitants.  We were not expecting a bustling town with shops to browse, Dravuni was a chance to experience a beautiful island with white sand beaches and to do some swimming and snorkelling. The tender to the shore was only around ten minutes and the sun was alrea...

SavusavuSo good, they named it twice. Savusavu is on the Fijian island of vanua levu.Oh my gosh what a terrific day we have had. Without a doubt our favourite port so far this cruise and, possibly, up there for best ever stop on a cruise.I have a cold.....not good but I didn't let it get in the way of our day. We docked early and by nine am David and I were on board a tender heading for shore. This short journey was the only bad part of our day. We sat u...

Suva Fiji islands.We docked at around 7 am whilst David and I were just about rousing ourselves.  The captain made an announcement and confidently predicted an overcast day with showers and thunder.  By the time we stepped foot on terra firma at 9am, the sun was blazing and the humidity in the high 80s.  It was completely stifling but we headed out the short walk to the main town.Suva is a very busy port with industrial ships always arriving and masses of cont...

Port Denerau Fiji.We were not sure what today would bring because we knew that port denerau was a tourist port with resorts and beaches.  Not really our thing at all.  The tender ship to the port was relatively long in comparison to other stops we have been on and, even early this morning, it was hot! Once we disembarked the tender we headed to a tour office to see if there was anything we could see away from the usual beaches and bars.  We were offered a tri...